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Finnwatch reports on serious abuses of labour in Thai food tuna and fruit production for European markets

The Finnish watchdog Finnwatch has uncovered serious cases of human and labour rights abuse at three Thai companies supplying tuna and fruits to the Finnish and European markets

Finnwatch reports on serious abuses of labour in Thai food tuna and fruit production for European markets

Published 26.06.2014 at 14:01
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The Finnish watchdog Finnwatch has uncovered serious cases of human and labour rights abuse at three Thai companies supplying tuna and fruits to the Finnish and European markets

Helsinki 23.01.2013 Juhani Artto

Thanks to information furnished by factory workers in Thailand Finnwatch was able to expose the use of both forced labour and child labour. The companies involved pay illegally low wages and make employees work excessive overtime hours. - Read the English language summary (13-page pdf-file) of the report and the two Finnwatch press releases on the report: Finnwatch reveals serious human rights violations behind European food brands